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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1949

474 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 21 of 24

Speakers Speed Up Election Campaign

Central Western Daily · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 1

The election campaign will warm up in Orange today when two political meetings will be held in…

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Labor Beaten in Nz Election End-Of Long Term Of Office

Central Western Daily · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 2

WELLINGTON, N.Z. (APP-Reuter).—The Labor Party has lost the election in New Zealand to the Nationalist Party. Final state of the parties is National 46, Labor 34, including four Maoris…

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Labor Speakers Refute Crop Confiscation Claims Calare Candidate George Gibbons' Personality And Ability Eulogised

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 11

Who among us had more to lose through the confiscation of crops and properties than the endorsed Labor Candidate for Calare (Mr. George Gibbons), asked Mr. George Morgan at a street…

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Labor Candidate Backs 40-Hour Week

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 4

The Editor: Please allow me sufficient space in your journal to correct a falsehood circulated by the propagandists of the Liberal-Country…

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Liberal Candidate Speaks At Yeoval

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 10

Cr. C. R. Johnson, Yeoval, representative on the Amaroo Shire Council, was chairman of a street meeting on Monday afternoon last when Mr. E…

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Accusations in N.z. Elections Aftermath

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 2

WELLINGTON, N.Z., This Afternoon.--Opposing factions in New Zealand's trades union movement are accusing one another of having…

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Feelings High At Election Meeting

Central Western Daily · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 1

Political feeling ran high between Labor and Liberal Party speakers and supporters at the election…

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Uproar in French Parliament Shooting of Peasants

National Advocate · Saturday 3 December 1949 · page 3

ROME, Friday: Communists shouts of "Murderer"—Assassin greeted Interior Minister Mario Sc[?] when he rose in Parliament last night to…

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N.Z. ELECTIONS Reason for Labor Defeat Conscription in Peace Time

National Advocate · Saturday 3 December 1949 · page 2

AUCKLAND, Friday: The split in the Labor movement contributed substantially to Labor's defeat at the polls…

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Protest Over Election

National Advocate · Saturday 3 December 1949 · page 3

WASHINGTON, Friday: Poland Hungary and Czecholslovakia strongly protested against the election yesterday of Yugoslavia to the Food and…

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Pep Campaign by Labor Late Election Bid

Central Western Daily · Saturday 3 December 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Labor Party would intensify its campaign during the last week before the elections, the campaign…

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Over A Thousand People Failed To Vote At Mudgee Municipal Election

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 December 1949 · page 3

During the next week or so asked to explain why they did by-election. Of 2865 on the roll it was disclosed at the Council…

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Polling Arrangements

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 2

Outlining the polling arrangements for Che Federal Elections next Saturday, the Commonwealth Electoral officer for N.S.W. (Mr. Evans)…

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A Swing, But Will It Put Labor Out? Effect Of Election In N.Z. (From Our Special Representative)

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 2

CANBERRA, Sunday.—Next Saturday Australians will go to the polls to elect the Nineteenth Federal Parliament, and the first since the size of the House of Representatives was increased from 75 to 121. All the evidence suggests…

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First Election Figures Will Be Early Ballot In Calare

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 7

First results of the Federal election in Calare next Saturday will be available it about 8.30 p.m., said the Divisional Returning Officer, Mr. E. M. Hart, yesterday. All polling officials have been…

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The Elections Official Advice to Voters

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1949 · page 4

The following advice to voters in connection wtih the Federal Elections has been issued by the Electoral authorities…

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Britain Target For Egypt's Poll Candidates

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 December 1949 · page 2

The British stalking horse is being dragged out again for public attack in the Egyptian general election campaign, now warming up…

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Do You Know Your Candidates? Labor—liberal Fight for Calare

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 7 December 1949 · page 2

The two candidates for Saturday will provide electors with a straight-out choice between Labor and the combined Liberal-Country Parties There are no side issues to district voters from a decision between Government and Opposition…

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Additional Polling Booth

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 December 1949 · page 8

Residents of East Portland will be pleased to know that on Saturday they need not make the trip right mto town to record their votes, as,…

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Political Candidates and the R.S.L. Pensions Scheme

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 December 1949 · page 21

On instructions from the Federal Executive of the R.S.L., the Mudgee sub-branch formed a committee to investigate and…

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